papero

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpero/

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: pa‧pe‧ro

Noun

papero (accusative singular paperon, plural paperoj, accusative plural paperojn)

1. paper

Derived terms

• leterpapero
• neceseja papero
• paperfarejo
• papermuelejo
• paperujo

Descendants

• Ido: papero

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto papero, English paper, French papier, German Papier, Spanish papel, all ultimately from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpero/

Noun

papero (plural paperi)

1. paper

Derived terms

• papera (“of paper”)
• paperacho
• paperala (“relating to paper”)

Paronyms

• papiro (“papyrus”)

Italian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare with Spanish parpar (“to quack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pe.ro/
• Rhymes: -apero
• Hyphenation: pà‧pe‧ro

Noun

papero m (plural paperi, feminine papera, diminutive paperétto or paperìno or paperòtto or paperòttolo or paperùccio, augmentative paperóne, pejorative paperàccio)

1. gosling

   Synonyms: paperino, paperotto

2. (colloquial) duckling

   Synonym: anatroccolo

   papera di gomma ― rubber duck

3. gander or drake

See also

• anatroccolo m
• anatra f

Further reading

• papero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• papero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• papero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pàpero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• pàpero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

From papa +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpeɾo/ [paˈpe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pa‧pe‧ro

Adjective

papero (feminine papera, masculine plural paperos, feminine plural paperas)

1. (relational) potato

Noun

papero m (plural paperos, feminine papera, feminine plural paperas)

1. potato seller or grower

Further reading

• “papero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025